Decipher a name - your opinion

[technogeekery]

Hello all - I'm trying to work out the name on the bottom line of this snippet, my ancestor was assigned to someone in Bathurst, NSW. I read the name as "Thos. Howe", any advances on that?

[mosiefish]

Thos Stone?

Mo

[GrahamSimons]

Agreed Thos Stone. The s of Thomas is a superscript which means the next letter can't be H. Or at least I think so.

[..claire..]

Agree with Thos. Stone also.

claire

[technogeekery]

Yes, I think you are all right. Thanks for that, obvious once pointed out :-)

[majm]

Do you have access to the 1828 NSW Census and/or for General Musters for Bathurst for that period, and/or land Grants for Bathurst etc and if so, what surnames are found on those ?

Cheers, JM (NSW Centric)

[majm]

Looking up the list ..... Jackson was on a Station....  Comparing the two "St" may be of help to determine if that reads Stone after Tho^s.   

Cheers,  JM

[technogeekery]

majm - good call - found a Thomas Stone, Bricklayer at Bathurst in the 1828 census, probably my man. Thanks